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f News Opinion PJ Signature Sports V Veteran's Day Tuition lllHKffllh Metaphore Weber i at Weber increases WWr see page 6 spikes I see page 2 see page 4 v 'jL M' lS U " ' I, j nnml..Lr. , )l889J mwAPg I !989 I I page 8 j Monday, Nov. 14, 1988 Celebrating the Weber State College Centennial vol. 49, No 22 Board of Hegents impose 9 percent tuition increase By Reva Smith Editor-in-Chief It's official. Effective school year 1989 90, tuition's going up another nine percent thanks to the Utah State Board of Regents. ASWSC President Stephanie Jessen, along with studentbody presidents from other Utah higher education institutions, met with the Board of Regents for four hours Friday to discuss the impending increase. "We really stirred some things up," said Jessen. "We told them students can't afford more tuition. They're already doing their share." . According to Jessen, the increase is needed to give teacher's a salary raise. "This year we have got to fund salaries, or we're going to lose our best faculty." The Board had originally requested tuition increases of 8 percent for 2-year colleges, 10 percent for 4-year colleges, and 12 percent for universities. Jessen said the studentbody presidents convinced the Board to reduce that to 7 percent for 2-year colleges, 9 percent for 4-year colleges and universities. "The students in this state have an incredible amount of power. This is just one example of how we can influence the Regents," said Jessen. Jessen said a task force will be formed composed of students and Regents, "so that we don't have to go through this every year." The task force will have the task of designing better ways to deal wi th these problems other than a yearly tuition increase. Student health care suffers cuts (CPS) Students around the country soon may pay as much as 30 percent more for their campus health insurance, or may not be able to get health insurance at all, because some colleges are violating federal discrimination laws. The U. S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to the presidents of 3 ,300 campuses last month, informing them their student health insurance plans may violate federal sex discrimination laws. The reason, OCR spokesman Garry Curran said, is that, under most college plans, women end up paying more for health insurance than men because they pay extra for maternity care or because campuses don't offer maternity care. More than 1,100 students have complained about the situation formally to the OCR, Curran said. At issue is a law Title DC of the Education Amendments of 1972 which forbids campuses that get federal funds to discriminate on the basis of gender. "Many colleges and insurers are not aware of their legal requirements under Title IX," said Jcanette Lim, chief of OCR's post-secondary education branch, at a September conference on the issue. "Many student health insurance policies either exclude maternity care or offer maternity care at an increased premium," the letter to college presidents stated. "Both provisions treat pregnancy different from other temporary disabilities, and violate the Title IX regulation. "Pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy (excluding abortion) and recovery therefrom must be treated in the same manner and under the same policies as any other temporary disability," the letter continued. Lim emphasized that Title IX does not require schools to offer insurance to their students, but, if they do, they must offer the same plan to everyone at the same cost. Educators and insurers at the conference predicted the letter could spark big changes for students. Stephen Blom, executive director of the American College Health Association, estimated that insurance premiums could rise as much as 30 percent when pregnancy benefits are added. Some schools, he added, may just eliminate their insurance plans rather than expanding them to comply with Title IX. "A very small percentage have," said (see HEALTH on page 2) HINTS OF WINTER surround the Weber State campus. (The Signpost photo: Scott Summed!!) 1

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f News Opinion PJ Signature Sports V Veteran's Day Tuition lllHKffllh Metaphore Weber i at Weber increases WWr see page 6 spikes I see page 2 see page 4 v 'jL M' lS U " ' I, j nnml..Lr. , )l889J mwAPg I !989 I I page 8 j Monday, Nov. 14, 1988 Celebrating the Weber State College Centennial vol. 49, No 22 Board of Hegents impose 9 percent tuition increase By Reva Smith Editor-in-Chief It's official. Effective school year 1989 90, tuition's going up another nine percent thanks to the Utah State Board of Regents. ASWSC President Stephanie Jessen, along with studentbody presidents from other Utah higher education institutions, met with the Board of Regents for four hours Friday to discuss the impending increase. "We really stirred some things up," said Jessen. "We told them students can't afford more tuition. They're already doing their share." . According to Jessen, the increase is needed to give teacher's a salary raise. "This year we have got to fund salaries, or we're going to lose our best faculty." The Board had originally requested tuition increases of 8 percent for 2-year colleges, 10 percent for 4-year colleges, and 12 percent for universities. Jessen said the studentbody presidents convinced the Board to reduce that to 7 percent for 2-year colleges, 9 percent for 4-year colleges and universities. "The students in this state have an incredible amount of power. This is just one example of how we can influence the Regents," said Jessen. Jessen said a task force will be formed composed of students and Regents, "so that we don't have to go through this every year." The task force will have the task of designing better ways to deal wi th these problems other than a yearly tuition increase. Student health care suffers cuts (CPS) Students around the country soon may pay as much as 30 percent more for their campus health insurance, or may not be able to get health insurance at all, because some colleges are violating federal discrimination laws. The U. S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to the presidents of 3 ,300 campuses last month, informing them their student health insurance plans may violate federal sex discrimination laws. The reason, OCR spokesman Garry Curran said, is that, under most college plans, women end up paying more for health insurance than men because they pay extra for maternity care or because campuses don't offer maternity care. More than 1,100 students have complained about the situation formally to the OCR, Curran said. At issue is a law Title DC of the Education Amendments of 1972 which forbids campuses that get federal funds to discriminate on the basis of gender. "Many colleges and insurers are not aware of their legal requirements under Title IX," said Jcanette Lim, chief of OCR's post-secondary education branch, at a September conference on the issue. "Many student health insurance policies either exclude maternity care or offer maternity care at an increased premium," the letter to college presidents stated. "Both provisions treat pregnancy different from other temporary disabilities, and violate the Title IX regulation. "Pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy (excluding abortion) and recovery therefrom must be treated in the same manner and under the same policies as any other temporary disability," the letter continued. Lim emphasized that Title IX does not require schools to offer insurance to their students, but, if they do, they must offer the same plan to everyone at the same cost. Educators and insurers at the conference predicted the letter could spark big changes for students. Stephen Blom, executive director of the American College Health Association, estimated that insurance premiums could rise as much as 30 percent when pregnancy benefits are added. Some schools, he added, may just eliminate their insurance plans rather than expanding them to comply with Title IX. "A very small percentage have," said (see HEALTH on page 2) HINTS OF WINTER surround the Weber State campus. (The Signpost photo: Scott Summed!!) 1